SYDNEY: Australia fended off an explosive century from Rohit Sharma to post a morale-boosting 34-run victory over India in the first one-day international in Sydney on Saturday. The Australians made 288 for five off their 50 overs after winning the toss and restricted India to 254 for nine. Sharma blasted 133 off 129 balls in a scintillating effort to keep India
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LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has refused to accept his personal physician’s advice for going out of jail and shifting to hospital for his medical tests. Nawaz’s personal physician Dr Adnan saw the former premier in Kot Lakhpat Jail on Saturday and examined him. According to the media reports, Dr Adnan advised Nawaz to shift to hospital
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FAISALABAD: More than 1.3 million patients were provided check-up and treatment facilities at OPD in addition to provision of treatment to over 71,000 patients in emergency ward of the DHQ Hospital during the last year. According to a hospital source, the facility of pathology tests was extended to 1,248,670 patients, including 16,409 tests of PCR, 137,324 hepatitis-B
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan, who holds the distinction of leading Pakistan World Cup 1992 winning campaign in Australia, congratulated Indian captain Virat Kohli and his team on winning the first ever series in Australia. In his Tweet message, the prime minister congratulated Kohli for becoming the first South Asian team for winning the Test series
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NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday awarded cash bonuses of up to $85,000 for Virat Kohli and his players who secured a historic first Test series triumph in Australia. India clinched the four-match series 2-1 in Sydney on Monday, sparking national celebrations.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) congratulated the team and announced a bonus of $21,400 per match
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DUBAI: Cheteshwar Pujara’s tally of 521 runs in the four Tests in Australia, his best-ever returns on an overseas tour, has vaulted him to third spot in the ICC rankings for Test batsmen. Pujara’s runs were crucial in India’s 2-1 series win that extended their run at the top of the team standings, while Australia remained fifth despite losing a point
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SYDNEY: Australia skipper Tim Paine desperately looked for positives Monday after his side’s calamitous 2-1 Test series loss to India, but struggled to find many. While they won in Perth, Australia were comprehensively outplayed the rest of the series, losing in Adelaide and Melbourne before being spared by the rain in a one-sided Sydney finale
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South Africa beat Pakistan by nine wickets on the fourth day of the second Test at Newlands on Sunday. Dean Elgar hit 24 as South Africa took 9.5 overs to pass the target of 41 for the loss of one wicket and take a winning 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
However, it wasn't as simple as South Africa was hoping, with the Proteas losing stand-in opener
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STOCKHOLM: A patient in Sweden who was admitted to hospital with a suspected case of Ebola, was found not to be suffering from the highly infectious and potentially fatal disease, health care officials said Friday. “The young man... who had symptoms... is not suffering from Ebola. That is what the result of tests shows,” the health authorities in Uppsala
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SYDNEY: Veterans Usman Khawaja, Peter Siddle, and Nathan Lyon were Friday recalled to a revamped Australian one-day squad to play India with an eye on the World Cup in England later this year. After a poor run in the limited overs format, selectors ruthlessly axed Travis Head, Chris Lynn, D’Arcy Short, Ben McDermott and all-rounder Ashton Agar.Bowling
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